towards rear, pushed along and weakened 2f out
dwelt in rear, pushed along and wide into straight 2f out, ridden and headway entering final furlong, joined winner inside final furlong, ran on, held close home
raced wide tracked leader, ridden and kept on one pace inside final furlong
towards rear, pushed along and weakened 2f out
slowly away, in touch, headway between horses over 1f out, ridden t lead inside final furlong, found extra when joined towards finish
led after 1f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
keen close up, pushed along over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace
led 1f, tracked leaders, pushed along to lead again over 1f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, kept on
NATURE WATCH was beaten only a neck at Wolverhampton on last month’s debut and the Godolphin gelding can land this with normal progress. Verbier made a winning debut at the latter track back in March but failed to cope with heavy going on a recent return while Eleanor Cross and Orange N Blue have a bit to prove over this far. Mahboob has been gelded but the half-brother to Group 3 winners in France is preferred to Birthday Angel of the newcomers.
Lookingdandy 50-1 (9-8) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 12, 9 3/4l behind Whatawit (9-8) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f stks (5) pol in Dec.
Verbier (IRE) 5-6fav (9-7) Close up, went 3rd over 3f out, pushed along and weakened over 1f out, 3rd of 6, 17 1/2l behind Run Zarak Run (9-0) at Redcar 1m stks (5) hvy in Oct.
Birthday Angel (IRE) Dark Angel colt out of Capulet Monteque.
Hiccups 150-1 (9-4) Raced wide, in touch, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened, 10th of 12, 12 3/4l behind Tarjeeh (9-11) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f stks (5) pol in Oct.
Mahboob (IRE) Sea The Stars gelding out of Albaraah.
Nature Watch (USA) 11-10fav (9-7) Tracked leader, led 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, stayed on, always held, 2nd of 5, nk behind Assail (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn stks (5) pol in Nov.
Orange N Blue (IRE) 3-1 (9-1) Held up in rear, headway into midfield 4f out, soon ridden, outpaced 2f out, kept on same pace entering final furlong, 4th of 8, 12 1/4l behind Circuit Breaker (9-1) at Windsor 1m 2f mdn stks (5) sft in May.
Eleanor Cross 5-1 (8-13) Raced keenly tracking leaders on inside, ridden and unable to quicken inside final 2f, lost modest 3rd inside final 100 yards, 4th of 8, 3 1/4l behind Al Anoud (9-6) at Salisbury 1m 2f stks (4) gf in Sep.